A standoff on Keele St. that lasted nearly seven hours ended late Wednesday afternoon with the man who’d barricaded himself with a gun getting wheeled away on a stretcher.

The man, who’d holed up in a residence on Keele St. near Hirons St. in the Junction, was taken to hospital with unknown injuries. Police say he was not shot. The man is reportedly a suspect in three recent bank robberies.

Police Const. Wendy Drummond said the call for an armed person inside a housing unit came in around 10:15 a.m. Wednesday.

Police closed Keele St. from St. Clair Ave. W. to Dundas St. W. as fire trucks and cruisers packed the scene.

Toronto Star photographer Rene Johnston, who was at the scene, said that the man was in the top floor of a three-storey house and was using a mattress to block the window.

Johnston said that police used at least five canisters of tear gas to bring the man out, but were ineffective. However, in the end, police say the man taken away was not shot.

As a result of the investigation, Keele St. had been closed for hours between St. Clair Ave. W. and Dundas St. W., Drummond said. The area will remain cordoned off into the night as police continue to investigate.